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HORACE L. EDGE, OF BROOKLYN, NEV YORK, ASSIGNOR TO THE I'IEYDRICII, RAFFLCER da COMPANY, OF HAVANA, CUBA.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Eatent No. 556,843, dated March 24, 1896.

Application filed May 21,1895.

To @ZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HORACE L. EDGE, aresident of the city of Brooklyn, county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented certain neuT and useful Improvements in J ennies :for lVinding Bobbins, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of jennies for winding bobbins wherein the bobbin is driven Wholly by the thread from the flier; and the object of the invention is to provide a simple, cheap and efficient jenny wherein there is little-liability of the parts getting out of order.

To this end my invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

My invention will be understood by reference to the accompanying drawing, which is a detail sectional side view of a jenny con structed in accordance with my invention.

In the drawing, G is a suitable flier, preferably of the form shown, having the capstanwheels g g, over which the thread g is carried to the bobbin E. This flier-head revolving around the bobbin in laying the thread around it Will cause the thread, if the bobbin is oth ervvise undisturbed, to rotate the saine inthe direction in which the dier-head moves, but with a less degree of speed. This is effected in the following manner: Mounted upon a slide or traverse table A is a carriage B, Which is provided at its upper end with bearings B' B2, in which bearings a sleeve D is hung.

Passing through the sleeve D is a stationary rod C, upon which the bobbin E is hung, the bobbin being secured to a flanged sleeve F, which is carried upon the sleeve D, being secured thereto preferably by means of a setsorew d. The bobbin is secured to the iianged sleeve F by a pin-and-sl ot device f. Mounted upon the sleeve D is a disk J, which is secured to the sleeve in any suitable manner, as by means of a set-screw j. This disk, the sleeve D, the iianged sleeve F and the bobbin E all revolve together. Around the bearing B2 is rigidly placed a disk or iiange G2, Which carries a Washer I, which is pressed toward the face of the disk or plate J by a series Serial No. 550,09 '7.

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of springdriven. pins b, and, according to the degree of tension of these springs, the Washer will press with greater or less force against the face of the disk J. The springdriven pins b are preferably carried in a recess b of the disk or dange G2, Which recess connects with a perforation in the flange G2 for the passage of the stemfof the pin, the recess b also serving to contain the iinpellingspring b2 of the spring-driven pin. Surround ing the disks is a suitable protecting casing or cover II.

The operation is as follows: The iiier rotating Will lay its thread upon the bobbin, which bobbin will be driven by the tension of the thread in the direction of rotation of the iiier. As the bobbin turns,it turns with it the sleeves F and D and the disk J. This motion of rotation, however, is retarded vby the friction of the Washer I against the face of the disk J,

this friction being regulated by the tensionA of the spring-driven pins, which force the Washer I in the direction of the face of the disk J, the traversing being of course effected in any suitable manner, such as by moving the carriage B upon the slide A.

I am aware that jennies have heretofore been devised wherein a drag Was employed for a bobbin which was driven by the thread or twine of the flier, and such I do not claim, broadly; but

That I do claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a jenny, the combination of a iiier, a bobbin Wholly driven by the thread from the flier, a rotary disk J driven from the bobbin, a friction-washer I bearing against said rotary disk J, a rigidly-mounted disk G2 provided With apertures therein, in which are carried springpressed pins h adapted to bear upon the friction-washer I and hold the same in engagement with the face of the rotary disk J, and a casing II surrounding said disks J and G2 and forming a housing therefor, substantially as described.

v HORACE L. EDGE. y Witnesses:

GEORGE E. MORSE, HARRY M. TUER. 

